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Atheists & Agnostics

DavidDvorkin

(19,968 posts) Mon Mar 4, 2024, 02:08 PM Mar 2024

Karma, etc. [View all]

The childish concepts of karma and the moral arc of the universe are the descendants of the Medieval Church’s cynical instructions to the poor that they should accept their lot placidly because they would be rewarded and the evil punished in the afterlife.

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Karma, etc. [View all] DavidDvorkin Mar 2024 OP

Some religions that do not claim ancestry from the Medieval Church also have karma bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #1

I hope karma is real kimbutgar Mar 2024 #2

"What goes around comes around" is another version of the same idea DavidDvorkin Mar 2024 #3

That's not really what karma is. 2naSalit Mar 2024 #4

However it is typically connected to a magical system of reincarnation Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #5

I wouldn't say... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #8

I agree you obviously don't think it is magical. Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #9

One way in which the concept of karma is scientific is that doing good things for other people and avoiding Martin68 Mar 2024 #6

The word "karma" is widely and wildly missunderstood and used wrong so of course it is nonsense sanatanadharma Mar 2024 #7

That makes no sense Farmer-Rick Mar 2024 #11

I like Karma. It is fun. About all. twodogsbarking Mar 2024 #10

The trouble with karma is that it doesn't work Farmer-Rick Mar 2024 #12